then the house reopens. but the which is really up, but you can see all the the the shoring that we're about to engage the house. you can actually see really very clearly. the the early framing of the house. so what we've got here again is a down brace. these are the diagonal braces that locking corners to keep the house square. you've got original 17 over here. we've got 70, 34 studs. the house was so had so much between 1734 and the 1770s that they actually had to put these extra pieces on the outside to square up the exterior of the walls. and then interesting this way, wherever we find these white posts, these were put in in the 1930. so this replaces the original 1734 corner post, which was eaten up by termites. but then next to it is the 1775 corner post for the south edition, which didn't get eaten up by termites. so it's kind of hit or miss what survived, what didn't survive from that early period. but we will be engaging with all this and then they'll be tied into this big steel framework in order t

we need to build housing that poor people can live in and not housing for poor people. i see in the socioeconomic mix is something that doesn't exist today in many communities. that's exactly what. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and thank you for for crime file. i'm james wilson. crime is a production of c f productions inc., which is solely responsible. its content funding for this program was by the national institute of justice research, arm of the u.s.i'd like to welco the casualties war symposium. i'd like to start out b

the house will be in order. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, as i prepare to assume my duties as national security advisor to the president-elect donald j. trump, i hereby make my resignation official from the u.s. house of representatives effective january 20, 2025. i intend to serve out my term in the 118th congress and to be sworn into the 119th congress. i've also submitted by notice to governor ron desantis to advise him on my resignation. i have attached that letter to this notice. it has been my honor to be a member of this chamber and to serve the people of the great state of florida. and the constituents of the sixth district of florida. i will forever be grateful for my opportunity. i look forward to continuing to work with you and your colleagues in the house, serving the nation in my new position. signed, sincerely, michael waltz, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: under clause 5 -- under clause 5-d of rule 20, the chair announces to the house that in light of the resignation of the gentleman from florida, mr. waltz,

to the white house. the minister and her family foundation problem has been a true partner in building kingdom and the work he called us to do together so rob and i thank you for your support and all the friends and family that are here. they also want to thank president trump for his confidence and his support in nominating me for this crucial position and even more so purpose but i want to thank president-elect trump. i sit before you today is as the nominee to lead the department of housing and urban development this opportunity is personal to me that i grew up as a kid as was mentioned before in richardson texas and before that in plano texas with my parents. i worked as a dishwasher at the supreme creek barbecue which is one of my claims to fame. early on in my childhood my family was broken due to. i love my mother and i love my father and all of my brothers and sisters. many would say the odds are stacked against you. i've overcome extreme adversity going against the status quo in attending and gr

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms. washington, d.c. january 24, 2025. i hereby appoint the honorable mike collins to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by guest chaplain, dr. benny tate, rock springs church in milner, georgia. the chaplain: let us pray. our most kind, gracious, heavenly father, i simply want to begin by thank you for this wonderful opportunity to pray in this sacred place. lord, as we come before you today, we thank you for your faithfulness to our nation for almost 250 years. the scripture teaches us, blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. god, i thank you for your presence, preservation and protection throughout these many years. may we always remember that righteousness exalteth the nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. the nation that is a city upon a hill is truly salt a

housing affordability, housing access, economic opportunity, and homelessness. that's why we are calling on the new administration and congress to support and quickly passed largest and most comprehensive investment legislation in housing in our country's history. it must incentivize production, help families by their first home, and ensure that our first responders, teachers, and frontline health care workers can live where they work, the communities of america where they serve. the people we represent expect us to rise above differences and come together for the good of the country. there was a time -- there is a time when we must all identify opportunities to come together as a nation. as mayors, we stand ready to work with leaders from both parties to further strengthen our economies, keep cities safe, and ensure our cities and entire country thrive through the next four years and beyond. before i ask mayor david holt to share some comments, i would ask for each of the mayors who are here with us now to introduce themselves. >> teedo brown, youngstown, ohio.

the white house. tell us what's going on, what president biden is doing on the way out his door. >> reporter: breaking news from the white house, statement from president joe biden issuing preemptive pardons for a number of individuals that he said he's fearful will be persecuted politically persecuted, i just want to tick through for you the list of people that the president says he's pardoning preemtively today, including general mark milley, dr. anthony fauci, we also have members and staff of the committee that investigated the january 6th insurrection. he also said that that group would include, the u.s. capitol and d.c. metropolitan police officers who testified before this committee, you know, jake, this is what was a possibility we anticipated and we reported that something that president biden was considering and in all of our reporting we anticipated that if he were to take this action it was very possible it would happen at the very last minute and here we are, just hours before president b

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we've got a strong house democratic caucus. republicans represent the smallest majority since the great depression. when they're at full strength -- and over the first 100 days when there will be 217 republicans and 215 democrats, despite their claims of a big, bold, beautiful, massive mandate, searching for it in the house of representatives, we are going to stand up on behalf of evidence -- every day americans as a caucus, as a unit and as a team and i am proud to be in the leadership of that team and we recognize that house democrats are on the front lines of many of the battles that will be fought in the years to come. reporter: trump just said to the crowd in davos -- [indiscernible] and bringing them down from the original trump tax cuts. have you had any communication on working on extending the tax cuts? doesn't sound like you are planning to work with them on. mr. jeffries: i haven't had any communication on the issue of the g.o.p. tax scam. this document, the republican contract against america, the reason why it exis

house of this is house of representatives on wednesday, this is house of representatives. 4:45. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 416, the nays, zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative. the bill is passed. and without objection is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the the unfinished business is vote on passage of senate bill 5 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. clerk will report the title. the clerk: senate 5 an act to require the secretary of homeland security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the united states with theft and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five on-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 263, and the nays are 15

>> no. >> can we make sure the housing authority, i have been told the housing authority is reaching who are they reaching out to? >> certainly. >> i can clarify. we sent that correspondence to you and dennis to conform meeting times. we had next week wednesday. but it should be in the e-mail inbox but happy to talk to you to confirm available times. >> the thing is, information sent to the housing authority send directly to the president of the tenant association, mr. williams is not a part of the tenant association. i want to correct that. if there is any-you need my e-mail i will give you my e-mail to send information to me and to send when commission meetings are held, so that i can know whauts what's going on because i'm in the dark about a lot of things. another thing is that, as far as our services is concern, we have-sorry to say we have stop their engagement in the community about programs en that we give that the tenant association give in our community. because the reason for this is that we need to their mission statement they had stated to us that we would meet regularly

this is their house. we are here today to show the president just a little bit of the damage and the problems that the people of western north carolina are facing. mr. president, thank you for what you have done for western north carolina. thank you for coming again to see. your son don jr. came with us twice. they have taken a real interest. this isn't a politician coming down here looking for votes. this is a man who wants to do something, once the season changes, wants to make life better for you. thank you. melania, thank you for coming. it is an honor to have you here with us. mr. president, please. pres. trump: thank you. good man. these denigrate job. fantastic job -- he has done a great job. we come to north carolina with a simple message of the people of the region who were hit so hard by hurricane helene. the message is simple. you are not forgotten any longer. you were treated badly by the previous administration. i am here after a few days of the administration. we are going to california, los

you have control of the house, the senate, the ifwhite house. but we are really starting to see some potential cracks. i think in that unity, you know, of course, we've seen that in the house with the debt ceiling debate speakership, debates, cetera. but tiktok going back to last night, senator tom cotton really hitting back against, you know, this reversal of the ban. so, you know, it's kind of i in many ways sort of foreshadowing what's to come there, bill, in inaugurations past, we re normally get the outside shot and it's more vast and you see this person speaking to that one and you got to wonder what they're all talking about, this go around. it's obviously different usbecause it's it's inside the capitol building, which is >> huge in its own right. but but a little bit of a different set up last go around. and we just saw those republican, former speakers of the house and this is where a lot of the chitchat, maybe some some fun. interesting and uncomfortable conversations. yeah. and you know, it's funny. if you think about trump last time

it's actually bigger than the white house. so that the white house could host foreign dignitaries.te department describes it. actually pretty nice a team of chefs who offer the best of american cuisine featuring locally sourced food and best of american wine. the last point is lost on the president-elect who doesn't drink. but you have had a number of people say this ever since it's become the official house guest house of the president, including charles de gaulle and harry truman the president lived here in the 1940s and 50's when they were renovating the white house. back to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much, rich. we have a fox news alert. president biden just issues new pardons for dr. anthony fauci and retired general mark milley just moments ago it. also includes the members of congress and the staff who served on the january 6th select committee. and the u.s. capitol in d.c. metropolitan police officers who testified before the select committee. this as donald trump prepares to take the oath of office in just a few hours. south carolina senator tim scott is here with react

house minority leader joseph w martin junior of massachusetts.retary to the committee and to the senate minority market price -- mark trice. ♪ installation of the special steel platforms for television and newsreel cameras was immediately begun. approximately 540,000 feet of lumber was used to provide seating for 12,000 of the invited guests. on january 3, 1957, the flag flew over the capitol as both houses of congress met to begin the first session of the 85th congress. several days later, the president made an unprecedented address to a joint session of congress to apprise the membership of the then serious mideast situation. he requested congressional approval for his middle eastern policies and received such a resolution from congress a short time later. on january 20, the president and mrs. eisenhower again attended the national presbyterian church as they had four years ago. the irreverent -- reverend lr nelson gave an inspiring and timely sermon on the subject a nation under god. the president and misses eisenhower left the church for the

it has become official guest house of the white house. that is the original 1824 building, it is now the complex taking over 60 to 70,000 square feet, a large complex. state department runs it, the chief of protocol. they say it is like a luxury hotel. since jimmy carter, president-elects have stayed there night before inauguration, they sign official guest book, get in the car and drive around lafayette park and diagonal is st. john's church. place where president-elects have stayd and dignitaries from queen elizabeth, margaret thacher, vladamir putin have signed the book there and trump should circle soon. >> brian: president trump and president biden will limo together over to the capitol, that should be interesting. >> that is right, we have seen conversations with president-elect and former president obama, who knows if it will be that warm, we'll find out soon. >> ainsley: did the family stay at the blair house, hoo? i saw pictures of family members and the bedrooms looked gorgeous. curious if they were there. >> that is how it work

the event will include house speaker mike johnson, senate majority leader john thune, florida governor ron desantis and other pro-life advocates you can see it live starting at noon eastern on, c-span now, our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. announcer: announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered.. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> oh, you think this is just a community center? no, it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled liftzones so students from low-income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. announcer: comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat tdemocracy. ♪ announcer: if you ever miss any of c-span's coverage, you can find it any time, online at c-span.org. pdas of key hearings, debates and newsworthy events feature markers that guide you to interesting and newsworthy highlights. these "points of interest" markers appear on the right side of your screen when you hit play on

, the green house is threatened. i don't think we can make a stand here a much longer. jim lowe, our engineer, is about ready to evacuate with the next mobile unit. we've got to our way back down this road, he he is getting more and more intense. and the flames are stretched over more than a half a mile of these mountains now raising moving very, very fast. the house they told you about a few moments ago down below is completely enveloped in smoke and the people we have learned have been evacuated from that home. and up here to my right, another house, which is still standing, is threatened. these flames reaching 20 to 50 feet up into the air as these wind gusts with the wall of smoke. that's lot of go canyon. we've got to make our way out. the engines are evacuating now. that afternoon along highway 101 to the santa and santa barbara, a carpinteria, oxnard, something was up as a convoy of 18 civilian humvees from california lights up, red lights flashing sirens, screaming, something that was at the entrance of the n

house minority leader joseph w martin jr. special musical score by the united states marine band captain albert w shelford. director music composed and conducted by sergeant donald huntzberger staff special musical score by the united states marine band, captain albert shelper, director. composed and conducted by the staff arranger. in the fall of 1956, our hand cameras were allowed to briefly cover a meeting of the joint inaugural committee as they met to discuss plans for the coming inauguration. chairman of the committee, senator styles bridges of new hampshire, speaker sam rayburn of texas. senator theodore francis green of rhode island, house majority leader john mccormick of massachusetts, senator john sparkman of alabama, house minority leader joseph w. martin jr. of massachusetts. secretary to the committee and to the senate minority, mark trice. installation of the special steel platforms for television and newsreel cameras was immediately begun. approximately 540,000 feet of lumber was used to provide seating for 12

i mean, when you see the houses, you'll see me and it is lend his house for me. welcome to welcome to hollywood local. now i welcome to welcome to dreamland for james. come through the i know honestly, it's probably hard to live over. it is hard. it's hard to drive down the street and see this, and i think people are either going to be propelled, to have empathy and do something or possibly inches shut down. its hard, hard to go in every area, every neighborhood, everywhere, and seeing and countless play not feel even just guilty. you know that you're walking into a supermarket and you can buy your food or you can do it and you can live. you have a home, you know, the, there's no kindness in any city or state in regards even in places that we deem liberal. you know, california is not very liberal about this. now, they're not as compassionate as people. think about the steps the subject looks good and then for the now i would think so, but the people i always people good or for not much room. right. so it depends on the day how it is going to look bad in kenner. w

house democrats say your diversity is your strength.er these attacks, how will you all continue to communicate the value of diversity, equity, inclusion in an environment in a political environment that has weaponized woke, has accused democrats of prioritizing woke culture or, putting people in positions based on their race, their gender, and not their qualifications? how are democrats going to continue to kind of advance those values in an environment that seems so opposed to those values? >> we live those -- thank you for the question -- we live those values each and every day. this is the most diverse caucus ever assembled in the history of congress. from every corner of our country, every background. that is who the democratic caucus is. so we will carry forward with those values because that's who we are. in the committee work that we do in the decisions that we make, and the policy that we advance, we live those values. it's unfortunate that a lot of the decisions, including this one that donald trump did on day one, don't do any

the white house and when that is over trump and biden will travel in the same vehicle to the capital where the inaugural ceremony will begin. just a reminder the market is closed today for martin luther king jr. day in the crypto's are still trading. bitcoin by the way having a nice gate at $107,700 a quite not bad. >> you hit a record earlier. stuart: sports fans now this. the mood has changed that anxiety has lifted, patriotism has made a comeback, trump returns, wherever the president-elect appeared this weekend he was cheered loudly, the crowd would break into the usa team. it rippled around the capital through packed bars and restaurants, petty cabdrivers that joe blasted the village people ymca, the haters more than a few thousand of the rally on saturday nothing like the inauguration eight years ago, back then the left was stunned and angry that hilary was beaten by donald trump this time a sense of the biden harris team has made a mess of it. your message always seems to be america was a bad place trump reverses that. according to the wall street journal his inaugural address

authority public housing site.his is in partnership with mercy housing related california hope s.f. most san francisco housing authority public works and the office of economic and workforce development. when finished the former 775 unit public housing site will consist of 1770 new housing units 775 replacement units for former public housing residents, roughly 200 additional affordable units and nearly 700 market rate units. additionally, with the completion of new buildings late last year and early this year, the site includes a community center with a child care facility and boys and girls club, a wellness center run by the department of public health. an additional child care center, a neighborhood resource center, two centralized services across the community and nine new community serving retail spaces. exactly. new public infrastructure across the site will include a new street grid for better connectivity within the neighborhood. new underground utilities using sfp u.s. power and 3.6 acres of new open space

and as far as house like house repairs. i can't money from repairs until i fix the road and bridge and send in my proof that it's fixed. it's been a nightmare and i feel like we have been forgotten. if it had not been for our fellow american citizens who stepped up to help us, i don't know what we have done. i have five neighbors who have completely lost everything. i have damage to my house and i feel -- i don't feel entitled -- i'm embarrassed to say i need help. and sometimes there is even that, that survivors' guilt is. you feel guilty to be aleve and look around and see neighbors that are gone. we need help. i wrote a letter to congress, i don't understand what is going on. if we can't get fema help, will you step up and be our fellow citizens. help us get our community back. i could go on. it's just heartbreaking. i appreciate you. >> my son is great. to hike in -- [indiscernible] >> i don't know. we have been there until because there was no way to get out there and hike up to the church, the first church that was up

the new white house press secretary has not set foot in the white house press briefing room. one of donald trump's white house press secretaries never set foot in the white house press briefing room in the last trump presidency. that last trump white house went over 300 days without a press briefing, 300 days. and then four years ago, this is what happened in the white house press briefing room on inauguration day. >> good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us on this historic day. it's an honor to be here with all of you. when the president asked me to serve in this role, we talked about the importance of bringing truth and transparency back to the briefing room. and he asked me to ensure that we are communicating about the policies across the biden-harris administration and the work his team is doing every single day. on behalf of all american people. there will be times when we see things differently in this room. i mean, among all of us, that's okay. that's part of our democracy. >> the trump white house doesn't think so. they don't think that's part of our democrac

any buckeyes in the house? oh?you and some of you will be cheering hard for your fighting irish sunday night. so happy to be with you all and grateful for you all making the trip to join us. my fellow mayors, distinguished guests, leaders of government, philanthropy, and the private sector, we are thrilled to welcome you to the 93rd winter meeting of the united states conference of mayors. each january, we convene here in washington to learn from one another, advance our shared policy goals, and strengthen the polyp -- partnership between mayors and the federal government. every four years, our meeting takes on greater significance, as it coincides with a presidential inauguration. we meet today in a season of change. in three days, our nation will experience the blessings, true, true blessings of the peaceful transfer of power. no matter your politics, we should always cherish this powerful, powerful hallmark of our democracy. over the next several days, we will focus a great deal on what we believe we can accompl

it isn't about affordable housing or housing.s about who wants a storage not outside of their house, who wants a storage in their neighborhood. and i feel like it's really important that we listen to what the existing residents want, what they deserve and■ like i said, i can drive away and i don't have to be there after my work hours. but it's really important that we prioritize what's important to them. >> thank you. good afternoon planning commissioner and community members. my name is second last currently the facilities manager of the biennial community center and the board member of the filipino american development foundation. i am a long time resident and worker in the south up market. i am a manager of the adult coordinated entry up episcopal committee the services located on homeward and seven. we are a place where homeless adults are navigated into permanent supportive housing. i'm the founding director of the annual patrol lantern festival. i'm also known as the community historian and i authored a book on the history

white house, bill allman. and we wanted to borrow a couple of that she had acquired for the exhibit. and i said to mr. allman, i said, you know, i'm sure you have some stuff the white could the white house has this huge warehouse of things. and i said, i'm sure you have some pieces in the warehouse that you could lend us. he said, oh, no, everything she is so good that it's all here in the in the residence, in the mansion. and they gave us a chair from the green room and a painting which was pretty cool. but you know, her, her efforts at the white house building on jackie kennedy started. tell us a little a little bit more about them. oh, indeed. white house historical association. of course, jackie kennedy starts this, i believe, 62 rooms around there. so mrs. kennedy deserves credit for starting that. but of her time in the white house was short then lady bird comes in and lady bird is into and outdoors of course famously and did a bang up job on that. to be fair to lady bird, she couldn't have touched anyth

speaker, you preside over this house. you hire the sergeant at arms, you oversee the captain of the capitol police force. if it isn't your place, then who the hell's place is it? i have a radical idea. how about you stand with the officers who were beaten and bloodied protecting you, rather than stand with a reality tv wannabe dictator. if your response to the question about the pardons of people who attacked and injured the officers that you oversee and are responsible for is, quote, it's not my place, my question to you is this, who do you work for? who do you think you -- do you think you work for president trump? i would suggest you do some soul searching and while you're at it, maybe reread the united states constitution. because you don't work for donald trump. you are the speaker of the house of representatives, and it damn sure is your place to have an opinion on the people who beat the officers who protect you and this institution having no consequences for beating men and that was a portion of the debate on the

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> come up house speaker mike johnson and of the house republican leaderser meeting at the republican national committee headquarters. we will have live coverage when that gets underway here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. how are you? can you feel the excitement in the air? i was walking around in the bitter cold partially because i couldn't get an uber but people are smiling, right? they are in a in a good mo. it's quite refreshing. i think they're doing that because they know it's a a ney in america. monday was a celebration for most americans. however, not everyone is happy about the direction that a country is headed which is actually disappointing. for example, yesterday at the national prayer service the bishop was extreme in her views extremely out of line and af touch. and what she did was uncalled for. perhaps we should pray for her. why should anyone block would be opposed to president trump's agenda? the american people expect us to deliver on the mandate in which they have given us. the days of negativity are ov

>> bill: we're about to get moving at the white house. we should be maybe 90 seconds, two minutes away from president biden and the president-elect emerging from that door and then they will get on board the big souped up cadillac and make their way up to capitol hill. in the past, we have been given information as to what the two presidents, former president barack obama who fits right into this story because in the past we've been given some clues as to their conversation and i mentioned this a few hours ago just bring it up again, with barack obama, he told donald trump on january 20th, 2017, is that his biggest problem would be north korea and trump and mike pompeo went after that issue. they tried very hard with summits in singapore and summits in vietnam. in the end they were unsuccessful to kim. vivek ramaswamy is part of doge to get rid of the waste. rumors yesterday he might stay in ohio and run for governor. anybody's guess on his future. >> dana: as you said maybe we're about 30 seconds away from the motorcade leaving the white

trump white house.th somebody. who's only lying. >> to you. >> has extremely. limited value, and i hope my colleagues. >> in the. >> press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not. >> how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he. >> is. >> when you. converse with. >> him. >> how what. >> kind of play your. >> story gets, how much. >> your face. >> gets on television. >> the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it. affect american citizens? how does it affect the. >> interests of the united states? and i. >> think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given. >> the fact that. >> donald trump almost never says. >> anything, that's true. >> i think the. >> access, as. patrick indicated, has. >> very, very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mar

white house from the biden white house back into the trump white house. i know you were talking to chris emery before about just the machinations of how exactly that works. but there are essentially incoming and outgoing moving trucks close to the white house, ready on standby, and some hundred members of resident staff as our betsy klein reported, to move the biden stuff out and then begin the process of moving the trump stuff in after a period of, of course, a deep cleaning that goes on across the white house. there will probably be some five hours between now and when the staff here need to get everything done and later, when the trumps return here to the white house as the first couple once more, it will kind of be like maybe they never left. their furniture, art, clothing, all of that should be, if everything goes smoothly, in the places that they are supposed to be. so that they can now proceed to live at the white house once again for another four years. >> tim naftali, what we're about to witness, talk a little bit about the history of that, the h

house and senate republicans.t dialogue is going well. the discussion is going for well. people have really deep principles here and i do as well. we are deeply concerned. our team is the fiscal responsibility and we worried about the nation's national debt, the unprecedented levels. we're worried about running deficits every year and we have an opportunity to address that and fix it. reconciliation is the mechanism by which we can do it most official and effectively. having get, gotten this once in generation opportunity there's anticipation that will be in that bill at a lot of discussion healthy debate right up inside to make it the best possible decision we can. some of those issues you touched on other things we're having discussions with. with ember amber having iw maybe the 20th listening session, work through session this afternoon in his office. i posted them. the leader has hosted them. we have conference chairs and kate and leaders of the caucuses and inside the conference. this is exactly how the found

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 414, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: pursuan t to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 187 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 187, a bill to provide for the standardization, publication of data related to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways among federal land and water management agencies and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in coopera

if you corral votes — i worked closely to the house — you have to be on point, _ house — you have toin why it is that every single member of your— that every single member of your caucus vote against things they— your caucus vote against things they said — your caucus vote against things they said they never would vote against — they said they never would vote against or— they said they never would vote against or four. over 30 members said they would not raise — members said they would not raise the _ members said they would not raise the debt ceiling. he can't _ raise the debt ceiling. he can't ask— raise the debt ceiling. he can't ask timber eyes. behind closed — can't ask timber eyes. behind closed doors, it has to be very clear— closed doors, it has to be very clear -- — closed doors, it has to be very clear -- he— closed doors, it has to be very clear —— he can't x temporize. he has— clear —— he can't x temporize. he has a — clear —— he can't x temporize. he has a toughjob indeed. much more of this in a moment. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. welcome back.